A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BENFIELDSIDE, a township and a chapelry in Lanchester parish, Durham. The township lies on the river Derwent, and on a branch of the Northeastern railway, 4 miles N of Cold Rowley; and has a r. station. It is a watering place, and has coal mines; and its Post Town is Medomsley, under Gateshead. Acres, 1,834. Pop., 4,026. Houses, 728. The chapelry was constituted in 1847. Pop., 9,223. Houses, 1,575. The living is a vicarage in the dio. of Durham. Value, £300.* Patron, al. the Crown and the Bishop. The church is good; and there are two Methodist chapels and a R. Catholic one.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Lanchester AP/CP County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Benfieldside |
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